Beijing.
Ding Mingsi.
Jing Yu's bedroom door was roughly pushed open by a little girl. The bedroom was simply furnished with a desk and a wooden bed. She seemed to still be relieved after opening the door. She pointed at the man in front of her and urged: "It's already time! If you don't get up yet, don't you want the official position?"
"Let me sleep a little longer, just leave the food..." Jing Yu responded drowsily, a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back at an inappropriate time. He turned over and sat up. The layout of this humble room awakened his thinking, but This sudden movement startled the girl.
When he saw the girl, he suddenly realized that he was no longer in that familiar home.
The girl was too frightened to move, thinking that the man was possessed by some ghost, so she looked up and down. Jing Yu has long, flowing black hair, skin as smooth as gel, and a face that is delicate yet masculine. Only his eyes were unfocused and lacked energy. According to Jing Yu himself, he called such low-looking eyes "dead fish eyes".
Jing Yu murmured to himself: "It turns out that I have traveled through time for a week, but I still can't get used to the routine here." After that, he put on his clothes and came to the hall.
The girl followed him closely. After confirming that it was just a false alarm, she continued to talk: "You have been getting up very late since last week. What's wrong? Could it be that you sneaked out to go shopping in the flower street at night?"
Jing Yu poured a cup of hot tea, and when he heard the second half of the sentence, his hands shook and he almost spilled the tea.
He turned to look at the girl with an innocent expression, as if expressing the pain of being unable to sleep at night.
"Forget it, you're still in good spirits. I guess you don't have the money to go to Fireworks Willow Alley."
This is very heartbreaking. Jing Yu feels indescribable sadness. He got in by luck. Unexpectedly, the monthly salary he was given was lower than that of a yamen catcher. This is why he is not in a hurry to buy furniture. The imperial court also euphemistically called it using grain in lieu of silver, but the problem was that there wasn't much food for a month.
"It would be nice to have some." The girl pretended to be mature and patted Jing Yu on the shoulder, as if she had already seen through his embarrassment.
The girl in front of him was a head shorter than him, with slender legs and an outstanding figure. At first glance, she looked beautiful, with an oval face, beautiful eyebrows, and watery eyes with a little starlight, and a little childishness.
If he hadn't spent a week with her, Jing Yu might have thought she was a beauty. Thinking back carefully, the girl's usually irritable temper and thick accent made her feel disconnected from her appearance.
"Hey, are you not possessed by a demon? What's my name?" The girl jumped in front of Jing Yu, pointing at herself and asked.
"Do you think I am so easily possessed? Are you hoping that I will die so that you can take my place? Right, Qiao Xu."
Qiao Xu nodded.
Jing Yu looked at Qiao Xu in disbelief: "Do you really think so?"
"No, no, my name is correct, I didn't want you to die."
Jing Yu breathed a sigh of relief.
In fact, Jing Yu does not belong to the people here, or even to this world. He has traveled through time, but except for some modern knowledge, all his previous memories have been erased, which makes him very distressed every night and has to stay up late at night. Read history books to relieve your loneliness.
He couldn't understand much just by relying on the history books circulating on the market. The real content would have to wait until the complete archives were found one day.
According to the notes I compiled, the country I am in now is called Dalin, which controls most of the Central Plains and is divided into sixteen states. To the west is a country of demons with a long history, and to the north is a country composed of nomadic peoples.
In the Central Plains region, the three religions merged into one. The book did not mention why. Anyway, the transition from three to one lasted for nearly a hundred years. The three religions are Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. Dalin respected Confucianism and Buddhism. This can be seen from the origin of civil servants and several large temples in the capital.
There are many benefits to integrating the three religions into one, including but not limited to the simplification and integration of the cultivation system.
That's right, Jing Yu thought he had just traveled to an ordinary dynasty, but he didn't expect it to be a world full of supernatural beings. The innate advantages of human meridians determine that human beings have a high understanding of cultivation. As for what cultivation is, the book does not specify it.
The entire Dingming Division was deserted, just him and Qiao Xu, but as a gentleman, Jing Yu would not do anything out of the ordinary when he was alone.
The Dingming Division was originally established by the emperor to deal with evil and evil incidents in various places. He thought he could add more manpower, but there was no news. Although Jing Yu said that as the Dingming Division Chief, this official position has a title but no real power. Compared with other people, the county magistrates from outer cities are more intimidating than him.
Jing Yu swore to God three days ago that he would make this humble demon-killing organization the most powerful and famous official in the entire Central Plains dynasty and even the world. The first goal is to recruit enough people. Jing Yu doesn't want to work himself, he prefers to watch others work.
"A letter is coming!" Qiao Xu shouted excitedly when he saw a letter thrown in at the gate, which meant that they were about to open.
Jing Yu picked up the letter. There was no signature on it, but judging from the quality of the paper, it came from the imperial court.
Spreading out the letter paper, the writing on it was angular. Jing Yu was glad that he could still recognize the writing here.
"To make a long story short, today is the day when the Dingming Division was officially opened. You don't need to ask me who I am. You just need to know that the Dingming Division works for the imperial court and specializes in solving incidents related to monsters. Recently, there have been frequent wars in the north, and the treasury has been slightly If you are transferred, you will not be rewarded with any property. If you want magic weapons, go to the Arms Supervisor. You can go there with swords and bows. Just tell them. In view of His Majesty's wisdom, I have decided to evaluate you for a month. If you perform well during this period, you will be retained. Next, if I find out that you are neglecting...it's okay, haha, just kidding, whether it's good or not will only affect your salary. First of all, the first task, in order to evaluate the current strength of the two of you, please solve a Case, a case related to monsters, the detailed file will be sent later." The letter ended abruptly.
Jing Yu was quite helpless. Finding a thief was no problem, but if you let two people chase a monster, that would be a sheep in a tiger's den.
The base camp of the monster clan is thousands of miles away from Da Lin, but the monsters themselves are formed from the aura of heaven and earth, so it is not surprising that Da Lin is there.
"Don't worry, isn't it me?" Qiao Xu patted his arm.
"I won't worry about you." Jing Yu rolled his eyes at her.
There isn't much recorded in the case file. It's like the confessions of many people were put together, very fragmentary.
Probably the villagers outside the city often see large creatures destroying the village at night. Miraculously, there are no casualties. In recent days, the large creatures have become much more stable and have not appeared. However, people are panicked and most of the villagers have gone to live elsewhere.
Now that the villages have been destroyed, the crop fields will not be spared. Large areas of rice have been destroyed, and the harvest season is about to begin. From this point of view, this winter will be difficult to endure. At this time, most people believed in the theory of ghosts and gods. Farmers believed that they had angered God, and God sent messengers to punish them. Of course Jing Yu doesn't believe this.
"Good news: Just one. Bad news: You can't beat it." Jing Yu looked sad.
Qiao Xu kept showing off his brute strength on the side, saying that he could punch through the monster with one punch. It would be great if that was true.
"You must be self-aware. Pure Qi realm has no special strength bonus for a martial artist. Two hundred kilograms is just a little more than an ordinary person." Jing Yu was still worried.
Qiao Xu is a martial artist, and now he is in the second-level pure Qi realm. One punch can have a force of two hundred kilograms. This does not mean that the martial artist's realm has not improved much, but it belongs to the particularity of the system after the integration of the three religions.
The realm of the world is divided into thirteen levels, with the sixth level being the dividing line. The first six levels are the most common and most common in the world, the first level is the Qi Refining Realm, the second level is the Pure Qi Realm, the third level is the Body Forging Realm, and the fourth level is the Foundation Building Realm. , the fifth level of divine refining, when the fifth level is completed, one needs to survive the heavenly tribulation before one can break through to the sixth level of heavenly tribulation. A person only has two opportunities for heavenly tribulation in his life. If he fails, he will not be able to reach the sixth level of perfection in his life. If he survives the heavenly tribulation, he can be directly promoted to the peak of the sixth level of heavenly tribulation.
The Heavenly Tribulation Realm is the key to determine whether a person can become a master in the world. The seventh level is the Heavenly Knowledge Realm, the eighth level is the Vertical and Horizontal Realm, the ninth level is the Tongxuan Realm, and no one knows about it after the tenth level. There are so many masters throughout the ages, and there are very few above the tenth level.
Although the first to fourth levels are said to be gradual, in fact, this is not the case. Practitioners can completely choose based on the differences in their own systems. For example, if Qiao Xu is a martial artist, he can roughly go through the first and second levels of Qi-based training and turn to shaping his own body. , stop at the third or fourth level.
Jing Yu's memory of the original owner was also very vague, and he didn't know what his strength was. However, when he first entered the Dingming Division, he fought Qiao Xu and lost in one round. He must not have even gathered his energy.
Qiao Xu suddenly became unhappy: "Then what do you think we should do?"
"Anyway, the superiors didn't ask us to kill the demon. We just need to find out the demon's nest and leave the rest to the government." Jing Yu looked like he was concerned that the matter was none of his business.
The next day, the two rented two horses, obtained two daggers from the weapons supervisor, and set off.
The village is not large, and most of them are rough buildings. There are some millet, sweet potatoes and other crops drying in front of every house. This village has relied on farming for generations. The villagers spend most of their time working in the fields. For them, the houses are just sleeping quarters, so no one has repaired them. There is only one building in the middle that has been carefully polished, probably the long house inside.
Jing Yu got off his horse and looked at the closed doors and windows around him. Some men went to work in the fields, while women and children did not dare to go out because of the monsters. The whole village was silent. The head of the house faces the mountains behind the house. The mountains are so densely covered with greenery that the sun can barely penetrate.
Before Jing Yu could stop him, Qiao Xu stepped forward and kicked open the door of Li Chang's house. Jing Yu saw an old man walking out of the house. He looked about seventy years old, with gray hair, and his linen clothes were stained with dirt.
The old man's eyes lit up when he saw the clothes of the two people: "I think you two are adults sent by the government. Come in and have a seat."
Qiao Xu was the first to rush into the room and found a stool to sit on, which made the old man a little stunned.
"It's okay, that's just her temperament, don't worry about it." Jing Yu forced out what he thought was a harmonious smile.
The Li Chang's house looks decent from the outside, but the interior is very different from other private houses. Occasionally, you can see a few pieces of newly made furniture.
Jing Yu just stepped forward with his left foot, and the chief knelt down with a plop, crying loudly: "You two adults, please get rid of that evil spirit! Half of our crops were destroyed by that beast, and there is not enough food left. Half, how can we survive the winter?"
"You get up first. Since we are here, we will definitely solve it." Jing Yu was frightened by the sudden battle.
Li Chang was sobbing like a little lady, Qiao Xu saw it with a bit of disdain.
Jing Yu quickly got to the point: "When did your village move here? Did the monster hurt anyone? Are there any witnesses?"
The head of the village stopped sobbing: "There is a war in the north. I must have heard about it. We are here to escape. Who knew that the capital would not let the refugees in, so we simply settled nearby. I thought that even if we were not in the capital, Inside, it is safe to be close to the capital... There are no injuries in the village. No, everyone went to work in the fields early in the morning. The only crops left are our food. Many people in the village have seen the appearance of monsters, including me. Old man I have never seen such a huge living creature in my life. At first, some people only saw the beast that was suspected of being a big insect at night, until half of the villagers saw this evil beast, with a black body, a kiss and claws, and the claws were bigger than the beams of the house. long."
"The absence of injuries is a blessing among misfortunes." Jing Yu comforted him.
Then, he stood up and said to Qiao Xu: "We almost understand it. Let's go to the fields to see if there are any clues."
Qiao Xu nodded.
Standing next to the field ridge, you can clearly see the huge paw prints in the dry fields and the swaying wheat.
Jing Yu fell into thinking, why did the monster attack the farmland but turned a blind eye to the villagers? Did it not want to eat people?
Qiao Xu had already gone to the field and kept gesturing at the paw print. This was the first time she had seen such a monster. Looking from a high place, you can find a total of seven or eight monster paw prints and rolling marks in the field.
No, no, monsters can choose not to eat meat, just like herbivores and carnivores. But judging by this body shape alone, the crops in the field are not the best choice, and even filling the gap between the teeth is not enough. In any case, it is just catching the trees in the mountain to nibble on the fragrance, or its goal is not food at all.
Jing Yu was thinking when suddenly Qiao Xu hit his waist with her elbow. He turned to look at the hair in Qiao Xu's hand.
This is the mane of the monster. When you examine it under the sun, you can see that the color of the skin is not as dark as described by the director. This is what they saw at night when there was insufficient light. Under the sun, the color of the hair is slightly cyan. , and the hardness is equivalent to human hair.
Jing Yu suddenly thought of cats and dogs shedding their fur. Could it be that the monster came to the field to rub itself in the field because it was itchy to shed its fur? This is indeed a speculation.
Qiao Xu added at this time: "I rummaged around in the field and found that in addition to hair, there was a pool of blood. The blood was a bit thick and black."
There were no casualties in the village...
Blood stains near the hair...
Some of the clues were connected together, making Jing Yu's brain start to get excited.
"I have an idea. I'll stay here until night. It might come again tonight."
There were more mosquitoes in the fields at night. Qiao Xu didn't wear much clothes, and her arms were exposed. They were all red and swollen from mosquito bites.
"Ah, why don't you hide in the house?" Qiao Xu looked at the mosquito on his arm angrily and slapped it away mercilessly.
"Its only target is the fields, so we have to guard here, you will miss a lot of opportunities in the house."
Around midnight, the moonlight shines in the fields, and countless fireflies are flying in the grass on the roadside. The quiet night sky always makes people feel sleepy. For example, Qiao Xu sits next to Jing Yu with her knees crossed. She obviously insists. I can't help it, ancient people usually rested very early in the morning, Jing Yu is a special case.
Jing Yu plucked a piece of grass from somewhere, held it in his mouth, and chewed it carefully.
"Get some sleep if you want. Girls' skin will be better if they get enough sleep." Jing Yu looked at Qiao Xu who was holding up his eyelids.
"I don't care about skin..." Qiao Xu heard a slight snoring mid-sentence.
I don’t know if I have traveled to another planet or another world. Judging from the stars in the night sky, they seem to be no different from those seen on earth, Jing Yu thought to himself.
The roar in the mountains woke up most of the villagers who were sleeping lightly, including Qiao Xu. She opened her eyes blankly and found that Jing Yu beside her had disappeared.
"Here we come!" Jing Yu stood in the middle of the field, staring at the huge thing in front of him with bright eyes.
The monster ran rampant all the way, running quickly and causing a gust of wind, which swept away the food that the villagers were drying in front of their homes.
Qiao Xu slapped her cheek hard to wake herself up, and jumped in front of Jing Yu with a somersault.
"Do you want to kill it?" Qiao Xu asked.
Jing Yu thought for a moment: "If my guess is correct... don't do anything yet and lure it to the field."
The monster is indeed very fast. He doesn't know what muscles are exerting force, but Jing Yu is keenly aware that its movements are not smooth.
"Hmph, it seems my guess was right." Jing Yu thought in his heart.
He turned around and found that Qiao Xu was gone. When he turned around again, the monster was only fifty feet away from him, and Qiao Xu had already used his arms to support the monster's head, preventing it from moving any further. The advantage of a martial artist in the pure Qi realm was revealed. Qiao Xu released his Qi and stopped the monster's sprint by relying solely on brute force.
However, this was a good opportunity to observe the appearance of the monster. Jing Yu borrowed a torch from the onlookers and barely illuminated an area in front of him. He saw the monster's eyes, staring at the strange girl in front of him with sinister eyes. Jing Yu walked around and found a wound near the monster's buttocks, which looked like it was cut with a weapon or scratched by a claw.
The monster's hair was thicker than he thought, covering almost its entire body. It did indeed look like a tiger in general.
Qiao Xu's veins popped out at this time, his forehead was covered with big beads of sweat, and his nails were almost embedded in the monster's flesh. Jing Yu noticed a flash of exhaustion in the monster's eyes. It seemed that he was seriously injured. Just being held up by Qiao Xu took a lot of energy.
"Let go, let me see if we can negotiate." Jing Yu pushed Qiao Xu's hand away.
The monster realized that the human man in front of it was not hostile to it. It felt weak all over and collapsed on the ground.
Next, Jing Yu talks to the monster face to face: "Can you understand human speech?"
"Ouch." The monster cried out tentatively.
"Tsk, there's no way to talk."
Qiao Xu came up and said, "Did you get the result?"
Jing Yu took advantage of the situation and summoned the surrounding villagers: "Dear fellow villagers, it's very simple. This monster has been seriously injured. It urgently needs treatment. It doesn't have much strength anymore. It destroyed the farmland before because it couldn't speak human language and couldn't ask for help. It could only This way of attracting everyone’s attention is why there were no casualties among the people in the village.”
The villagers began to whisper, and one of them, a young man, stood up and asked, "Excuse me, sir, is it necessary to treat the monster? Shouldn't it be killed on the spot?"
"It's not absolute. The premise of Dingmingsi's work is to distinguish right from wrong. It did not commit any crime of killing. It only caused damage to fields and properties. Our assessment is not enough to kill it. The government has applied to the Ministry of Household Affairs for the loss of food. It’s subsidized, so don’t worry, folks.” Jing Yu said, realizing that humans hate monsters.
The monster seemed to feel the kindness of the dead fish eyes in front of him and whimpered.
The chief was awakened by the movement outside and slowly stepped out of the room. The young man roughly told the story. After hearing this, the chief nodded: "Thank you for your help, sir. I am very grateful."
Qiao Xu mounted his horse and headed back to the capital to find helpers to move the monster.
Jingyu knelt down and stroked the monster's back. (To be continued)
